ST - Fall River Bridge

Photos 

General View From West Bank

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #271175

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Stone arch bridge over Fall River on Springfield Terminal

Location

Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1846; concrete deck tubs installed 2018

Builder

- Theodore Judah

Railroads

- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Connecticut River Railroad
- Guilford Rail System (GRS)
- Pan Am Railways (PAR)
- Springfield Terminal Railway (ST)

Design

Stone arch

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.66800, -72.54655   (decimal degrees)
42°40'05" N, 72°32'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/701054/4726866 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Bernardston

Inventory number

BH 58886 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 16, 2021: New photo from Chester Gehman
• September 14, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• January 2, 2015: New photo from Ian Martin
• November 25, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

• Luke
• RailPictures.net
• HAER MA-74 - Connecticut River Railroad, Fall River Viaduct, Spanning Fall River, Bernardston, Franklin County, MA
• Massachusetts Heritage Landscape Inventory Program - Builder & build year source
• Ian Martin
• Geoff Hubbs
• Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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